Permenently disable various settings

[Guest]

I want to permently disable the following settings
1. allow reading in start-up pane
2. automatically create drawing canvas
3. keep track of formatting
etc.

there are others that I want but these 3 annoy the heck out of me. I can
tun them off for a single session but everytime I close word and restart word
they come back on. How do I keep these from combing back.

 

[Graham Mayor]

I want to permently disable the following settings
1. allow reading in start-up pane

Tools > Options > General > uncheck 'Allow starting in reading layout'

2. automatically create drawing canvas

Tools > options > general > uncheck automatically create drawing canvas

3. keep track of formatting

Tools > options > edit > uncheck 'keep track of formatting'

etc.

there are others that I want but these 3 annoy the heck out of me. I
can tun them off for a single session but everytime I close word and
restart word they come back on. How do I keep these from combing
back.

These are registry changes stored in the Word data key of the registry. If
they are changing by themselves (which happens) then this may indicate a
minor corruption in that key. You can rename it and start afresh (see
http://www.gmayor.com/my_toolbars_are_missing.htm which shows how to locate
that key) or you can force the settings with an autoopen and an autonew
macro containing the following lines:

With Options
.AllowReadingMode = False
.AutoCreateNewDrawings = False
.FormatScanning = False
End With

http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm


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[Guest]

This only seems to work for that session. When I shut down my computer and
start up again, those same settings are back again. Also, I noticed that
there were times that when I shut down my computer and then turned it back
on, and then opened Word back up, it wasn't there. Its seems like its hit or
miss. Sometimes those settings are gone but then when I open up a word
document, those settings pop back up again. What gives??

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Did you try Graham's macro?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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